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How Healthcare Is Starting to Heal Damaged Black Patient Trust
PatientEngagementHIT 2020 has been defined by more than just COVID-19. For many, it’s been a year of uncomfortable truths, of acknowledgment and unlearning of implicit biases. In healthcare, 2020 has pushed providers to ask themselves tough questions,...
What Healthcare CFOs Can Expect Under a Biden Presidency
RevCycleIntelligence For many voters, the 2020 presidential election was less about red and blue and more about white, as in the white coat. Healthcare was a dominant issue in the race between the incumbent President Donald J. Trump and Democratic runner Vice...
Combating Health Inequities Through EHR Data Collection
EHRIntelligence Inequities in the healthcare system are abundant. From care delivery to health outcomes, there is a large divide in patient response and outcomes based on demographics such as gender, race and ethnicity, sexual identity, and even zip code....
Rapid Threat Evolution Spurs Crucial Healthcare Cybersecurity Needs
HealthITSecurity It’s no secret healthcare has remained highly targeted by cybercriminals given its troves of valuable data and the high likelihood of paying ransom demands. As COVID-19 surged, hackers rapidly evolved their threats and tactics to...
Best Practices When Outsourcing Revenue Cycle Management
RevCycleIntelligence Mission statements from healthcare organizations come in many shapes and sizes, but at the heart of all those missions is the intention to provide high-quality, patient-centered care that improves the health of those served by the provider....
Key Considerations for Permanently Integrating Telehealth Coverage
HealthPayerIntelligence Telehealth is metamorphosing and payers will have to take steps in order to permanently integrate telehealth coverage as a key form of care delivery. When the coronavirus pandemic struck, Donna O’Shea, MD, chief medical officer of...
Factoring in Caregivers Adds Value to a Telehealth Program
mHealthIntelligence Telehealth programs are so focused on connecting the patient with the provider that they sometimes forget about the other person in the room: the caregiver. And that’s a problem. Family members and friends who care for loved ones can...
What is Medicare Part D, What Does It Mean for Pharma?
PharmaNewsIntelligence Prescription drugs were not covered for Medicare beneficiaries prior to 2006. But the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act developed Medicare Part D, a voluntary prescription benefit for Medicare...
How Top Accountable Care Organizations Save Year After Year
RevCycleIntelligence Accountable care organizations had a record year, according to the latest performance data for the Medicare Shared Savings Program. CMS recently announced that organizations participating in the program – which are otherwise known as...
Cyber Resilient Vendor Relationships for Healthcare’s Threat Landscape
HealthITSecurity The threats targeting healthcare continue to increase in both their frequency and sophistication. And if the latest third-party vendor security incident is any indication, the need for developing a cyber resilient vendor management process...
Providers Plan a Post-Pandemic Future With Telehealth Strategies
mHealthIntelligence With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March, healthcare providers across the country launched or expanded telehealth platforms with the goal of moving as much care as possible into the virtual realm. Half a year later, the...
4 Strategies to Advance Value-Based Care During and After a Crisis
HealthPayerIntelligence How do major disruptions affect the US healthcare system’s progress toward value-based care? A recession, a widespread natural disaster, a public health emergency—significant national events like these have the power to build or...
Can Direct Primary Care Lead Private Practice Out of the Hole?
RevCycleIntelligence It took two surgeries, nine doctors, and over a decade of care for Ashlie Olp to get a diagnosis for persistent leg pain. The overall patient experience was frustrating for Olp, a physician herself who was working at a private family...
“First Do No Harm:” Combatting Black Maternal Health Disparities
PatientEngagementHIT “First do no harm.” That is the basis of all US medicine, and yet for certain populations, it’s not always true. Case in point: Black maternal health disparities. Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native mothers are two-...
Warp Speed COVID-19 Clinical Trials Boost Future Vaccine Development
PharmaNewsIntelligence Discovering and developing a novel vaccine candidate is a lengthy process. Even after the vaccine is created and tested for safety, licensing and manufacturing draw out the process making it years before it is available to the general...
Healthcare Looks to Telehealth to Address Physician Burnout, Stress
mHealthIntelligence Like any profession that deals in life and death, healthcare has a stress and burnout problem - to which telehealth could be the answer. Physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession, losing 300 to 400 of their colleagues...
Navigating Medigap Plans: How Payers Can Lead the Way
HealthPayerIntelligence Bonnie Burns, a training and policy specialist at California Health Advocates, has been advocating for consumers in the Medicare space for over four decades, including in the area of Medigap benefits. She was involved in the lawsuit that...
How Zero Trust in Healthcare Can Keep Pace with the Threat Landscape
HealthITSecurity Healthcare has and will likely always be a prime target for cyberattacks, given its valuable data and the need for constant data access to ensure continuity of care. While awareness around these issues has drastically improved, the need for...
Healthcare Revenue Cycle Recovery After the COVID-19 Pandemic
RevCycleIntelligence Halfway through 2020, hospitals have been doing the unimaginable. Patients have been asked to avoid healthcare facilities when possible, while more visits have been done via smartphones and laptops than in exam rooms. Meanwhile, some...
